Camelback or Peppermint?????

[ahmoser]

I have recently had yellow polyps dissapearing, and someone on this site said it may be that my peppermint shrimp is really a camelback. Well here he his, any thoughts? :help: :notsure:
ReefkprZ what do you think?

 

[frh674]

need a better picture but my bet is... peppermint.. camels have a weird pattern to them and a pyramid looking hump.

 

[poop_head]

I would say peppermint also.

 

[jrthomas40]

my guess is peppermint as well

 

[bill109]

i say peppermint.. what els is in the tank cus camelback are NOT reef safe.

 

[ahmoser]

Also in the tank:
1 emerlad crab
1 cleaner shrimp
1 fire shrimp
2 false percs
1 bicolor blennie
I did just find a bristleworm, he came out of the rock RIGHT beside the polyps, but many people have shot him down as the culprit. Maybe the emerald crab? :notsure:

 

[jerthunter]

does look peppermint to me but he could still be the culprit, I've heard they can pick at yellow polyps since they are closely related to aistipsia.

 

[birdmom]

This is a camelback...

 

[fbm]

There have been several reports by people on this site that said that peppermints will and do eat corals...

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by ahmoser
I have recently had yellow polyps dissapearing, and someone on this site said it may be that my peppermint shrimp is really a camelback. Well here he his, any thoughts? :help: :notsure:
ReefkprZ what do you think?

IMO yours is a female Lysmata rathbunae, peppermint, she may also be the culprit but I thought it may be a camel back because LFS's often mis-label stuff through either lack of knowledge or not really looking closly at what came in (and I hadn't seen a pic yet). Its a very common mistake. try feeding your shrimp more often and see if your polyps stop dissapearing. it may be that you have a pepp, that has a taste for polyps it's not unheard of.